Hospitality Education, Front Office Management, Tourism Management, Hotel Operations, Automation in Hotels, Sustainable Hospitality Practices

Front Office Management, Hospitality Operations, Tourism Management, Hotel Facility Planning, Automation in Hotels, Hospitality Marketing Skills, Entrepreneurship Development in Hospitality

23+ years total experience including 19 years in academia as Lecturer / HOD / Professor / Director / Dean-in-Charge / Principal and 4 years in hotel industry in 5 Star Hotels. Currently serving as Principal at SRM IHM Sonepat.

Multiple national and international awards including Best Director of the Year, Educator of the Year, and Resource Person at international conferences. To name a few –

• Invited and Felicitated as a Resource Person in the International Conference ICOHOST 2026 / 2023 at GNA University, Phagwara, Punjab.
• Received Award and Certificate of Appreciation from the management of DVSGI, Meerut for academic achievements in Jan. 2023.
• Received Global Hospitality & Tourism Leadership Award for Best Director of the Year 2022 at ATITHI Conference 2022 in Dec. 2022 for the 2 nd consecutive year.
• Received Global Hospitality & Tourism Leadership Award for Best Director of the Year 2020 at ATITHI Conference 2021 in April 2021.
• Received Appreciation Certificate from the Executive Director, SDGI for contribution in successfully organizing and handling many activities during the group’s Annual Fest – Sanketh 2019 on 22 nd and 23 rd February 2019.
• Received Appreciation Certificate and Academic Excellence Award from Employer for excellent performance in the job profile at SDCHM, Ghaziabad on 05 th Sep 2018.
• Received Indian Hospitality Congress’s – Educator of the Year Award in April 2017.
• Received Teacher’s Excellence Award from International Society of Hospitality Education in October 2016
• Received Teacher’s Excellence Award’14 from Vice Chancellor of UPTU, Lucknow
• Featured as an expert on India’s national TV channel in a programme on Career in Hotel Management while promoting my organization in college video telecast (2014)
• Received Appreciation Certificate and Incentive from Employer for excellent performance in the job profile at DVSIHMT, Meerut in 2013.
• Received Certificates of Appreciation from American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute (AH & LEI), Lansing, USA.

ACADEMIC ASSIGNMENTS:

• Member-Board of Studies (BOS) at Department of Hotel Management, ALVA’S College, Moodubidire, Mangaluru, Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka since Apr. 2024.
• Appointed as the Expert Member for BHMCT course in the NEP 2020 Committee constituted by Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University, Lucknow Mar-July 2023.
• Appointed as the In-Charge of Moderation Committee for BHMCT course of Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University, Lucknow in Mar 2023.
• Appointed as the Co-Convenor of Board of Studies (BOS) for BHMCT course of Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University, Lucknow in April 2022. Has been a Member of their BOS since 2018.
• Member-Board of Studies (BOS) at School of Hospitality & Tourism, Galgotias University, Gr. Noida since March 2021.
• Member-Board of Studies (BOS) at School of Tourism & Hospitality, Sanskriti University, Mathura since July 2020.
• Member-Board of Studies (BOS) at Faculty of Hotel & Tourism Management, SGT University, Gurugram since June 2019.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:

• Member Advisory Board ATITHI Journal ISSN 2347-6907 published by ISM, Ranchi.
• Allied Member – India Food Tourism Organization
• Member – General Body of NCHMCT, Noida under Ministry of Tourism, Govt. of India.